A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.